Key container



' De@ 15, 1931, w. E'. EDWARDS 1,837,15l

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Patented Dec. l5, 1931 M'AELEWOQD.. NEW. JERSEY, AssIGNoE To GEORGE EDGAR Cil' naannaoofx, or 'NEW YORK, N.

KEY CONTAINER My' invention relates torfkey" containers `and partieulanly containers which. 'are` i formed ofplates 'whichV hold one orl more keys;` in aifiatpositionlbetweenthem. 4 i w Aanong the objects` of.: my' inventionV may beimentioned theiprovision of ak novel, simple and. inexpensive; key container. which will serve. to containA a key, and: at. the.- same time permit; easy turning ofthe; key outf of the container; the provision ofsucli` an article, whinliwill be. bothl usetuli aand.A ornamental; the. provision o;V such.: anV article which may bev attached toaL watch.y chainasiis. al knife and whichmafy bexusedffor advertising purposes. Other. ob3eetswill appear from a further reading ofthe present. specification.

CertainV formsof theinvention` are illustratedin the accompanyingdrawings, where.-

Fig. l.1i is a plan view of the .invention with the key partially pivoted out of the; casing,

Fig. 2; isian. elevation of the invention with the4 key in: place withini theV casing, f

Fig. 3 is a broken plan view of the con- L tainer and; key, some1 of' the; parts being shownin, section ontheilinei 371-13 ofFfig. 2

to show the relation of certain parts,.

Fig; 4 lis;` aV section on the linef of Ilig. 5:.` is. al perspectivee viewg' of, one ofthe discs, f

Fig.l Gais-a. longitudinal section of a modified formofgfthe invention',

Fig'. 7 isa plan viewoiftwo of-theidiscsemn ployedfv in. thea ferm: of' key container. illustrated in-Fig. 6, Y

Fig.` 8 is a; fnagment'ah plan view illustrating how the toe parts of the plates illustrated: in Fig. 61 may.` be; connected; together, and' i Fig. Y9i is a longitudinalsection; of:` aykey container adapted. for` use with a; plunality of keys. r Y y The-invention consists primarily-finlproviding a key container, meansfon pivotally conining a key therein,;andV lever meansexternal to the container'for turning. the key shank out; Off-andintojthe" container. I prefer to provide a. disc or discs for pivotally confining the key in the container as will be sub- 1929. Serial No. 853,786,

sequently more fully described. i By pivotally confining the key I mean restraining the key against any motion with respect .to the Y container pvot.

In the drawings there are shown two or more like plates 10-10, havingV head parts lla-ndtoe parts 12. The toe parts are rigidly connected together, for instance by a rivet 113 and spacer 14 as shown in Fig'Q. lThe head parts-of the `pla-teslare not` connected together, but are prevented from separation, for eX- ample, by a. bale 16, asbest illustrated; in Fig. Q; v v

Between the plates akey` K is pivotally-conlined, butinstead of 'passing a rivet or like Ypart through the eye of the key its head is conlined `between a pair ofdiscs 17, 17`which are pivoted between the head parts l1 of two 'adjacent plates.

The discs 17 are formed asiillustrated in Fig. 5, each disc having. a lug 18: centrally except` a turning motionabout a disposed of. one of its surfaces extending perpendicularly therefrom and also two ears`19, 19-for a purposewhichwill' later appear. I db not restrict myself, however, to but two ears on the discs.

yThediscs may beiused as illustrated for instance in Fig. 4. As there shown, two discs are .placedbetween the two plates 10--10 and the lugs 18' arev passed through openings disposedcentrally ofthe heads ofthe plates.

pressed down until' the bale ends are held` firmly against the heads ofthe plates and are further pressed downwardly untilv they assume the position illustrated. in Fig. 4. VThe lugs being square in section and the openings in the bale ends being also square, the result is,.ocourse, that the discs within the containen will turn as the bale istur-ned;

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If a key head of approximately the size of the plate heads and of the discs be now placed between the discs and if the ears 19 be bent over the key head, (see Fig. 2) the key may be pivotally confined within the container and the key shank will be turned out of and into the container as the bale is turned. In order more closely to confine the key between the ears and to cause the former to turn with the disc, I prefer to space two ears 19 upon one of the discs at such a distance that their edges will bear against the shank of th-e key where or approximately where it joins the key iead. Thus there will be little or no pivotal play between the key and this disc.

It will be obvious that a key may be easily confined in or removed from confinement by the key container. In the first case it is merely necessary to'slide the key head between the discs and bend two or more ears over its edges as indicated in Fig. 2. To remove the key only the ears adjacent the key shank need be bent away from the key head, whereupon the key will slide easily out of the container.

The container may able material.

Of course the container and all of the parts need not be constructed precisely in accordance with the description which has just been given to illustrate the invention. Many variations in the details of construction will naturally occur to those interested in such articles.

For instance the toe parts of the plates need not be connected by means of a rivet and spacer, but may be continuously formed in a bight 15, as illustrated in Figs. 6 and 8.

Further, the discs may be connected together by a web Q0, as illustrated in Figs. 6,7 and 9. The bale need not be used to turn the discs as has been heretofore described, and as illustrated in Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6 but the hole in the bale ends may be made larger than the lugs 18,'a handle 21 may be fastened to the web Q0, as illustrated in Fig. 9, and the discs may be turned by means of this handle. Thus lever means other than the bale may be provided external to the container for turnkey shank out of and into the container. The bale then still serves for connection of the key case to another part, as to the end of a watch chain.

,Y Finally, it is not necessary that but a single keybe confined by the container. A plurality of plates and a plurality of keys may coact quite as well. Three plates may be used vwith two keys, for example, as illustrated in F'g. 9. Here the discs 171 are shown as connected according to Fig. 7. The exterior lugs 18 pass freely through the bale 161, and the bale and the discs are free to rotate with respect to each other. Handles 21 fastened to be made of any suitthe webs 20 between the pairs of discs permit of selective displacement of the key shanks out of the container, while the bale prevents spreading of the head part of the container.

Other forms of the invention maybe im* agined. With the understanding, therefore, that the invention is susceptible of embodiment in various forms within the proper scope of my concept.

1. A key container, a pair of discs pivoted on opposite sides within said container, means for confining a key head between said discs, and lever means for turning said discs to pivot the key shank out of and into the container.

2. A key container, a pair of discs pivoted on opposite sides within said container, ears on the periphery of said discs adapted to be bent 'over an edge of a key head and thus confine the key head between said discs, and lever means for turning said discs to pivot the key shank cut of and into the container.

3. A key container, a pair of discs within said container, a lug'centrally disposed of one surface of each disc extending perpendicularly therefrom through an opening in the container, ears on the periphery of each disc adapted to be bent over an edge of a key head and thus confine the key head between said discs, and lever means engageable with said lugs for turning said discs to pivot the key shank out of and into the container.

4:. A key container, a pair of discs within said container, a lug centrally disposed of one surface of each disc extending perpendicularly therefrom through an opening in the container, ears on the periphery of each disc adapted to be bent over an edge of a key head and thus confine the key head between said discs, and a bale having its ends engageable with said lugs for turning said discs to pivot the key shank out of and into the container.

5. A key container comprising two like plates joined together'at one end, and a bale preventing separation of the parts at the unjoined end.

6. A key container substantially as claimed in claim 5, in combination with a pair of discs between the plates at the un] oined end,

and lugs extending perpendicularly from the outer face of 'each disc through a hole in the adjacent plate fastened to the adjacent bale end.

7. A key container comprising a plurality of plates each having a part, spacers separating the toe parts of the plates, a pair of discs pivoted between each pair of head parts, and ears upon said discs for confining a key head between each pair of discs, substantially as described.

In'testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

WILLIAM E. EDWARDS.

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